Vietnamese Chicken Salad
For a healthy summer meal, this Vietnamese Chicken Salad is bright with Asian flavors and loaded with crisp, fresh vegetables.
An Asian Chicken Salad Recipe is not a dull diet recipe, but instead an entree focused on light, nutritious ingredients that happen to be delicious!
Vietnamese Chicken Salad
I was elated to see that September’s Salad Bar theme was Asian Salads. I adore noodle or cabbage salads with soy sauce, sesame oil and even peanut butter. I was contemplating which type to create when this Saveur recipe for Vietnamese Chicken Salad appeared in my inbox. Loads of shredded veggies and chicken were dressed with lime juice, fish oil, rice wine vinegar and canola oil. It was intriguing and I knew I had to test it out.
Tips for Making this Asian Chicken Salad Recipe
When I gathered with my sisters a few years ago, we made a Vietnamese Noodle Bowl with quite similar ingredients. This Vietnamese Chicken Salad is heavier on the veggies and sans noodles. Perfect for my lunches during the week. And I could easily make it my dinner, too, but the picky fellow I live with likes his meat and potatoes, rib-sticking type dinners.
Using shredded rotisserie chicken or leftovers makes for speedier prep. Chock full of veggies, chock full of flavor! Shake up this Asian Chicken Salad with your favorites. I’d up the bell peppers, add sugar snap or snow peas…the sky’s the limit. There’s no excuse not to add this healthy entree salad to your menu!
Vietnamese Chicken Salad
A veggie packed chicken salad with an Asian flair!
Ingredients
- 2 jalapenos, minced or sliced very thin
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 small onion, thinly sliced (I used a sweet Vidalia onion)
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 4 cups shredded napa cabbage
- 2 carrots, julienned
- 1 red bell pepper, julienned
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Cilantro, for garnish
- Chopped mint, for garnish
Instructions
- MInce or slice jalapenos (I wear disposable gloves Add garlic, sugar, rice wine vinegar, lime
- juice, fish sauce, oil, and onion. Mix till sugar dissolves. Add shredded chicken, shredded white cabbage, red bell pepper,and carrots.. Season with freshly ground black pepper, mix, and garnish with cilantro and mint if desired.
Total time: 15 minutes
Notes
Adapted from Saveur
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 316Total Fat: 19gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 63mgSodium: 1136mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 2gSugar: 10gProtein: 19g
38 Comments on “Vietnamese Chicken Salad”
What a beautiful presentation – it looks simply delicious – wonderful flavors:))
Mary x
That looks wonderful, Liz! These types of salads are still on my list to try so I’m saving this one.
Lots of good veggies and flavors, definitely healthier than a noodle-based salad!
What a healthy salad and I love the Asian flavors and all of the different textures! This is a keeper!
Dear Lizzy, This sounds like my kind of salad. I know I would absolutely love it.
Blessings dear. Catherine xo
Such an array of wonderful Asian salads, love your Vietnamese chicken salad Lizzy, so light and refreshing and the salad dressing is absolutely perfect to have it on the side and let each person use as much, or little as they want! Printing this one out…thanks! xo
It looks so neat, and such a pretty salad. Love vietnamese flavors.
You just have such a way with food – in making it look so pretty and tasty!
Oh I like this! My salads have been a bit boring lately and this is the perfect pick me up they need.
I will have to try this out! My boyfriend loves the asian chicken salad from Chin Chin’s in La and this will be right up his alley! 🙂
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I will try this immediately.
So light, crunchy and delicious!
That salad looks simple but delicious – thanks for the recipe!
What a great salad!! I love the flavours in this one 🙂
This salad looks wonderful!! I wish I could make salads like that!
Your salad looks and sounds sooo good, Liz. It is very reminiscent of a salad served at LYFE which uses Chef Art Smith inspired recipes. (He was Oprah’s chef.) Your family does very well indeed at mealtime =)
Yum, Liz! I too am a Asian salad fan, I could eat this type of salad every day. Yours looks wonderful!